First of all, I would like to give the anime "When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace" my personal award:
<<Best Harem in Anime Award!>>
Because unlike other harem shows I've seen, this one actually goes deeper into the relationships rather than having a bunch of random girls liking a guy for no particular reason (I'll elaborate more later in the review).
Second, the title is very misleading. There is close to no action in this show. Also, after watching the first and second episodes, you might think that this show is just going to be comedy (yes there is a lot of comedy) with no deeper meanings, but that is WRONG! I was actually surprised by the amount of drama in the show. The amount of drama is actually comparable to "Kokoro Connect" if you take out all the comedy.
Okay, now into a more detailed review!(note that 5 means average and not bad) No spoilers! Yay! Also, I assume you have read the synopsis.
STORY
The plot definitely isn't much, and I'd consider it to be below average.
The synopsis says "They instead decide to idly have fun by wasting their powers away". Yes, that is true, for the first episode. However, after that it becomes more of a drama than comedy. I like drama, so [+2story]. The story focuses on each of the girls and their relationships with the protagonist, Andou.
But there's a problem: the fact of the characters having supernatural powers has NO significance to the drama or the plot. without action, the superpowers are just there, only used for comedy a few times. [-0.5story] No action is okay with me, but I just can't understand why they have superpowers.
In whole (the whole series), the plot isn't there. There is no climax, no antagonist, no problem, no resolution, etc. Everything you need in a plot, they aren't there. Yes, each episode has their own plot, but can't be put together into a big plot. [-2story]
The ending: a lot of unanswered questions. [-0.5story] If season 2 has already came out by the time you read this, than this shouldn't be much of a problem. But they just keep hinting that there's a "bigger picture", but they never show that "bigger picture", so I'll just assume that this whole series the prologue to a huge, more action packed story (I haven't read the light novel yet, so I don't know).
^But still, I can't wait for a second season :) [+0.5story]
ANIMATION/SOUND
The animation and sound are okay. They make the highschoolers look kind of like middleschoolers though. They do make the main characters different enough that I can tell them apart (unlike some anime or manga) [+2animation]. I liked the music [+2sound], but it does get kind of repetitive [-0.5sound].
CHARACTER
The synopsis says "5 boys and girls". Wrong. There is only one boy, and 4 girls. So it's a harem, right? Yes! But this is not your typical harem where the girls force themselves onto the one boy, and fight over him! Andou(the boy) doesn't even care that the girls like him, he might not even know that they like him. The girls only find out later on that they love Andou, but they don't fight about it or cling to him too much like other boring harem stories. So what I'm trying to say is: this harem isn't going to be a tip-of-the-iceberg thing. [+2characters]
I personally loved the drama, relationship building, and character development in this anime. Though it's not as deep as "Kokoro Connect", the anime does go pretty deep into the character's struggles. [+2characters]
OVERALL
4.5*0.4 + 7*0.1 + 6.5*0.1 + 9*0.4 = 6.75